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Rain water caused the flooding and caused us to have to start the rescue operations, but that operation is now ceased, but as you know the rain continues, and we are bracing for landfall as harvey is out in the gulf, actually strengthening a bit, reenergizing and drawing that moisture off the gulf. we anticipate this is going to play out over the next couple of days and when it finally starts moving north it will move across a large area of our state and so we're trying to make sure that we're ready. >> -- in terms of need? governor, what do you -- >> sorry, i must have lost you. >> you got me...

Homes. rainfall totals are now near four feet in the hardest-hit areas with more days of rain ahead and the death toll is rising as well. in a little more than an hour president trump heads to texas to survey the damage. the president says he'll avoid houston because he does not want to get in the way of first responders' efforts. let's begin our coverage with rosa flores, live inside the houston convention center. what's the scene in there, rosa? >> reporter: you know, alisyn, we have seen hundreds, thousands of people walk into this convention center. i want to set the scene for you pause th...

Level which is why governor abbott called up the entire national guard all able-bodied and available folks who aren't in a deployed location or aren't evacuees themselves are mobilizing, so help is on the way, help is already there and we're working around the clock, whether it be night rescues, in our boats, or airplane operations to make sure that we are saving lives and taking care of our fellow texantexans. >> what is your biggest concern with the more rain that may be coming and what is your word for folks waiting for rescue? some had been saying hang a white towel outside the house if yo...

Joining us now is lieutenant colonel travis walters, the public affairs officer of the texas military department. it's good to have you with us, sir. we know you'll be very busy so let's get to it. what are you dealing with on the ground? >> on the ground right now, conditions are changing hourly so i just got off the phone with a ground commander who is in south houston saying that roads that were passable an hour ago are not passable now, so our soldiers and airmen that are currently engaged, this is about 3,000, going up to about 12,000, as you said, are working their way through that to sa...

I know it's part of the culture of how to deal with this adversity but the 12-year anniversary of katrina this is the worst kind of situation you would want in terms of how to mark that occasion. what do you tell yourself to kind of steel yourself against this kind of situation and threat? >> well, first of all, the katrina situation is one that ever since then because of the experience that we had, we know how to deal with rain, we know how to deal with floods. we've got a lot of experienced people, we have' got the right equipment. one of the things we're trying to do is be the best neighbor...